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Samuel Little

1940 - 2020

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Samuel Little (né McDowell; June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American serial killer of women who was convicted of eight murders and confessed to committing 93 murders between 1970 and 2005. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program has confirmed his involvement in at least 60 murders, the largest number of confirmed victims for any serial killer in American history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Little has received more than 8,716,797 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Samuel Little is the 180th most popular extremist (down from 147th in 2019), the 4,251st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,458th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Extremist.

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  • 16

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  • 2.28

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  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Samuel Little ranks 180 out of 283. Before him are Tex Watson, John Haigh, Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, Perkin Warbeck, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, and Jane Toppan. After him are Mary Ann Cotton, Robledo Puch, Bugs Moran, Andrew Cunanan, Carl Panzram, and Peter Sutcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Samuel Little ranks 244. Before him are Charles T. Kowal, Mohammed Magariaf, Terry Dischinger, Jan Eliasson, John Mahoney, and Helmut Jahn. After him are Lill Lindfors, Don Nelson, Bruce Beresford, Peter C. Doherty, Michel Micombero, and Andrey Piontkovsky. Among people deceased in 2020, Samuel Little ranks 246. Before him are Nikolay Shmatko, Enzo Mari, Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Cecil Bødker, Dino da Costa, and Ljiljana Petrović. After him are Valentin Gaft, Lê Khả Phiêu, Nobby Stiles, Park Won-soon, Éva Székely, and Lynn Cohen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Little ranks 4,251 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat Benatar (1953), Sarah Goodridge (1788), John Paine (1870), Walter Short (1880), Carl Wilson (1946), and Gregory Jarvis (1944). After him are Paul Shenar (1936), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Jordan Rudess (1956), Beatrice Straight (1914), James Gunn (1966), and Eric Carmen (1949).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Samuel Little ranks 55. Before him are Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Nancy Spungen (1958), Dean Corll (1939), Tex Watson (1945), and Jane Toppan (1854). After him are Bugs Moran (1893), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Carl Panzram (1892), John Wesley Hardin (1853), Richard Speck (1941), and Stanley Williams (1953).

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